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Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.